The Ekalaka Eagle - Your Community Builder

Articles from the June 23, 2017 edition

One of the first residences in Ekalaka was torn down recently. The old log house was once home to Jack Charters, and later to Amos and Romaine Lambert. At one time, the house stood on Main Street but...

The Carter County Chamber of Commerce plans to print their calendar early this year, to catch Labor Day visitors and early hunters. If local photographers have pictures from this year and more from last year, they need them. This summer’s branding...

Prior to the filing deadline on June 19, 2017 for the upcoming town election, seven individuals filed for four positions. Hoping to succeed Mayor Steve DeFord are Patrick W. Strickland and Jed Larson; for the two-year term on the town council,...

Mid-Rivers Communications started preparing to put fiber optic cable in Ekalaka this week. Residents may have noticed crews working in the area. Plans call to have all the lines done in town this summer. Reportedly, the crews in Ekalaka will be able...

Reports have been circulating that scammers are calling residents, or in certain cases, stopping by homes in the immediate area. These scammers are telling their victims that they can give them huge discounts on their satellite television service....

A funeral service for Owen Stieg, 83, of Ekalaka, MT was held June 19, 2017 at American Lutheran Church, Baker, with Pastors Bruce and Reba Kolasch officiating. Family received friends on June 18 at...

I don’t usually write articles about recent deaths, but I hope you don’t object to my words. The first recent death was Gary Brower. He was welcomed to the Beaver Lodge Cemetery Board about the time I resigned. He quickly became president and...

In this article I will share some Renshaw family history along with weather, crops, individuals, schools, and business information. Renshaw reports that their son, Morris, somehow had a broken hip. Guess who was there to take care of it? That’s...

Hello, Remember the scene in the great “Indiana Jones” movie, when Harrison Ford says, “Snakes, why’d it have to be snakes. I hate snakes.” Shirley is a lot that way. I’ve mentioned it to you before. About the time she wanted me to fix...

If you spend a lot of time at the museum, it's easy to forget just how incredibly old some of our specimens are. Many of us get distracted by the impressive size and anatomy of our prehistoric beasts...